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'''Lincoln's Inn Fields''' is the largest public square in London, UK. It was laid out in the 1630s under the initiative of the speculative builder and contractor William Newton. In the 1980s numbers of homeless people slept there, but the park is now locked at night.
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'''Lincoln's Inn Fields''', in the London Borough of [[Camden]], is the largest public square in London, UK. It was laid out in the 1630s under the initiative of the speculative builder and contractor William Newton. In the 1980s numbers of homeless people slept there, but the park is now locked at night.
  
 
In the 18th century Lincoln's Inn Fields was noted as a [[Molly]] cruising area.<ref>[[Rictor Norton]], <cite>[[Mother Clap's Molly House]]</cite></ref>
 
In the 18th century Lincoln's Inn Fields was noted as a [[Molly]] cruising area.<ref>[[Rictor Norton]], <cite>[[Mother Clap's Molly House]]</cite></ref>

Revision as of 14:36, 28 February 2012

Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the London Borough of Camden, is the largest public square in London, UK. It was laid out in the 1630s under the initiative of the speculative builder and contractor William Newton. In the 1980s numbers of homeless people slept there, but the park is now locked at night.

In the 18th century Lincoln's Inn Fields was noted as a Molly cruising area.[1]

References

  1. Rictor Norton, Mother Clap's Molly House